Milestones

Citizen Staff Reports

01/23/12

Alexander N. Beck, of Glen Allen, recently was named to the President’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average. The following students were also named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester: Meghan M. Bandura, of Glen Allen; Mallory L. Moore and Jessica F. Smith, of Richmond; and Garrett I. Walker, of Henrico. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.5 grade point average.

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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts recently awarded 27 fellowships to Virginia art students and professional artists for a total of $157,000. Professional fellowships, each worth $8,000, were awarded to Katie Baines (painting), Jeremy Drummond (mixed media), Corin Hewitt (mixed media), Matt King (sculpture), Melanie McLain (mixed media), Dana Ollestad (mixed media) and Edward M. Shenk (mixed media), of Richmond. Undergraduate awards, worth $4,000 each, were given to Rebecca Kuzemchak (painting), of Glen Allen, and Alexander Curley (drawing) and Barbara Pearsall (sculpture), of Richmond. During the VMFA Fellowship Program’s 72 years, the museum has awarded more than $4.6 million to 1,174 students and professional artists. The fellowship funds come from a privately-endowed fund administered by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Warren Leslie Snead III, of Richmond, recently was named to the Dean’s List for the advent 2011 term, at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.625. Snead is the son of Brenda and Warren L. Snead, Jr.

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Hilary Hope Koss, of Richmond, recently was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. Koss is a senior.

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Julie Condit and Ronald Harrison, of Richmond, and Timothy West, of Glen Allen, recently were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must earn a grade point average of 3.33 or higher. Condit is a sophomore majoring in University Studies. Harrison is a senior majoring in Arts and Sciences. West is a sophomore majoring in Engineering.

St. Joseph's Villa’s Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.

Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.

Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.

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Jewish Family Theatre will present “Company” Dec. 8-18 at the Weinstein JCC. From musical theatre's most renowned composer, Stephen Sondheim, “Company” is regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and is the winner of seven Tony Awards. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. except for Sunday matinees which are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for JCC members, $30 for nonmembers and $15 for seniors, students and groups of 10+. For details, visit http://www.weinsteinjcc.org.
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